Quote#God & Faith
That is the great end of empires before God, to be Catholic and draw…
Quote byGerard Manley Hopkins · 1844–1889
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Letters, etc, Letter to Coventry Patmore (4 June 1886).
English (original)
That is the great end of empires before God, to be Catholic and draw nations into their Catholicism. But our empire is less and less Christian as it grows.
— Gerard Manley Hopkins
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